The Morning Pride: April 25, 2012

Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality.

– By winning his Democratic primary yesterday, Brian Sims will become Pennsylvania’s first openly gay legislator.

– Openly gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger’s “sexy frisbee” ad was removed from YouTube, presumably because of conservatives flagging it as inappropriate simply for having a same-sex kiss.

– Meanwhile, the the measure’s proponents have released an ad prominently featuring religious messages and people of color, propagating the National Organization for Marriage’s strategy of creating a wedge between black voters and the gay community.

– A lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s laws against same-sex marriage is advancing, and could complicate messaging on the proposed amendment that would codify those laws.